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ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comSat, 10 Dec 2016 01:04:59 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: contracthttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/08/pat-mcafee-talks-to-colts-about-being-both-punter-and-kicker/#comment-3207195
Sun, 09 Mar 2014 09:35:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3207195First bad hold on a FG … it’s going to get awkward.
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Sun, 09 Mar 2014 05:49:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3207160QB who can also punt. Anybody remember Tom Tupa?
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Sun, 09 Mar 2014 03:37:51 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3207076He has laid the wood on a few guys…remember the shot he put on Trindon Holliday? Knocked him into the following week. I could see him come in for some long range tries, he does have the leg for it. But I don’t want to see him pull double duty. Too much risk for injury.
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Sun, 09 Mar 2014 02:24:36 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206984go old school and be a linebacker!
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Sun, 09 Mar 2014 00:59:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206887It seems like a terrible idea to have a dual kicker/ punter.

In a close game (or playoff game) the other team can murder him on a punt. Give up one new set of downs in exchange for the other team not being able to go for FGs the rest of the game.

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Sun, 09 Mar 2014 00:18:06 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206810RG3 > Luck
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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 23:33:46 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206748You know, a decent backup QB who can also learn to be a decent back up kicker/punter combo would be a very desirable asset for any team.

Maybe some of the well-traveled backups could stay in one place for awhile if they developed those skills.

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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 23:33:04 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206745You know, a decent backup QB who can also learn to be a decent back up kicker/punter combo would be a very desirable asset for any team.

Maybe some of the well-traveled backups could stay in one place for awhile if they developed those skills.

Speaking of soft, you must enjoy that Packer cheese you and your team have to eat each season.

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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 21:47:40 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206599OK, I just realized the Auto-Censors won’t let me post his name, but in the ’70’s there was a guy named Don
______roft who excelled at both FG’s & Punting for the Browns.
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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 21:45:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206597i would also give Gus, the field goal kicking horse, a try.
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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 21:39:14 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206589Being honest don’t usually care too much about kickers/punters until they make a mistake or miss…

If the issue is freeing up a roster spot then train all the backup QBs to also be kickers — it would be cool to see modern day George Blandas

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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 21:10:12 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206545He would give up everything he owns to be a JET
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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 21:06:33 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206540I could see an opposing team immediately going right after the kicker/punter to knock him out of the game. (I’m looking at you, Pittsburgh) That could be disastrous for a team to play a game without either position.
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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 21:01:51 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206534start of the decline of kickers in football..honestly guys, the kicker position will soon be eliminated from the nfl…although i think kickers are critical
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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:59:59 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206532Greatest kicker in NFL history or let a punter try? Hm….
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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:57:22 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206526as they move back XP’s, and eventually remove kickoffs, one has to wonder, do you save a roster spot and just make it a specialist position, a guy who can kick fg’s, and punt? I think we are going that direction, where there will simply be a “Kicking Specialist” position replacing K/P
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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:48:50 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206511I’ve always wondered why kickers should just limit themselves to either punting or kicking. Why not both? It’s not like kicking is an physically draining act. Waste of roster spot on having two specialist.
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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:44:52 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206506It is commendable for him wanting to do more…BUT…the smart thing to do would be to stick with one position. First of all, they are probably not going to pay you more for adding fg’s to your duties. Secondly, punters and kickers that go cold are immediately at risk for getting cut. It probably gets boring when you’re hardly ever in the game…but boring is better than botching kicks. From the team’s standpoint, it probably makes little sense to double up the duties because they probably still need a guy to back him up and he will count against the 53 man total.
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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:39:54 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206505He can probably be the RB as well and average more than 2.2 ypc Richardson.
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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:23:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206484Carrying only one kicker would make sense-until that one kicker strains something or gets knocked cold on a runback in the first quarter.
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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:21:28 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206477I keeek dee ball…
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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:15:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206463watch him kicking fgs on YouTube. boomstick can do it. appreciate having Adam but if we resign him it won’t be cheap so it makes sense on a lot of levels.
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Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:02:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2247289#comment-3206421Or you could look for a FG kicker that can also punt. In the Koenen example it was a disaster because it’s a very rare thing to be able to consistently kick FGs competently. But it’s not as devastating if your FG kicker comes up a few yards short on the distance of a punt. You can’t afford to not have a reliable kicker on the team so you need to secure that first, then determine if that player can also punt. FG kickers will punt more impressively compared to punters trying to do FG kicking.

Alex Henery was a guy I thought might try to do both, and Gostkowski looked like he has some punting chops too.